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RISM ACTIVITIES
Vol.52 No.4 2017
Geomatic and Geospatial Technology
Conference 2017 (GGT 2017)
3rd October 2017 to 5th October
2017 at Park Royal, Kuala Lumpur
The conference attracted more than 250 participants Ministry of Malaysia. The event was organized in
from various government agencies, private sectors, collaboration with RISM, JUPEM, LJT, PEJUTA, NADMA,
and universities from Malaysia and abroad. This year UTM, USM and UiTM.
the theme of the conference – Geospatial and Disaster
Management. The event was officiated by the Deputy Tutorial (3rd October)
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE)
More than 40 participants attended the tutorial
Figure 1: The tutorial participants conducted by the following convenors:
i. Assoc Prof Dr Gurcan Buyuksalih and Serdar Bayburt
(3D City Modelling);
ii. Assoc Prof Dr Zulkepli Majid (Laser Scanning);
iii. Dr Filip Beljecki (CityGML and 3D City Modelling); and
iv. Dr Mohsen Kalantari (BIM for Surveyors)
Opening Ceremony
The Deputy Minister from the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment (NRE) officiated the event
on 4th October. In his openining speech, the Deputy
Minister emphasised the importance of geospatial
information in government decision making process
especially in disaster related event.
Figure 2: The Deputy Minister during press conference Figure 3: The Deputy Minister of NRE spoke on the
importance of spatial component is government decisions.
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